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in a position to start a building program for new schools,” he claimed.
Krebser continued that county taxes on the $80,000 homes Goode plans for the subdivision would amount to approximately $480 at a 15 per cent assessment and a $4 tax rate. It costs over $500 per child for education, according to Krebser. “This subdivision won’t even pay for (it’s share of) the schools,” he concluded.
Delay Partly
Applicant’! Fault
“I’m categorically opposed to this subdivision,” began Wesley Harris. “I’ve heard it said that Mr. Goode’s been put upon by the county but much of the delay (in action on Goode’s application) has been due to the applicant’s reluctance, his lack of knowledge in presenting information required by our ordinances.”
Harris maintained that Goode, at a previous Planning Commission hearing on the rezoning, had stated his intentions to choose the right kind of people to live in the subdivision since he also intended to live there himself. Harris asked what kind of criteria Goode would use in determining who were “the right kind of people.” He also a$ked if Goode planned to either sell unimproved lots or sell lots with houses already constructed and if there would be a homeowners association with restrictive covenants on the type of home allowed. “I think the county is entitled to know more specifics. We shouldn’t have to operate in a vacuum,” maintained Harris.
Precedent For More
He continued that approval of the rezoning would serve as a precedent for other subdivision developments, particularly in the Flint Hill area. Harris characterized Flint Hill as land ripe for
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